Integrating technology into the classroom can have huge benefits. But it’s not always straight forward. Photo: www.shutterstock.com

Perhaps the wireless internet
connection is dropping in and out, or the electronic whiteboard is
playing up.While teachers are expected to integrate technology into the classroom, the reality can be very different.

Some of the issues teachers can face relate to the technology itself. Others relate tostudentor parent expectations, or whether there's enough of the right professional developmentto help teachers become proficient in digital technology.

Without addressing these concerns, we risk creating a generation of students ill-prepared for a digital future.

The pressure to become digital expertsNo doubt digital technologies can enhance learning
through accessing information and improving communication, as well as
providing self-directed and collaborative learning opportunities. ICT
skills can also help develop capable, future-ready citizens.

So over the past decade, teachers have been expected to integrate digital technologies...

In practice, many teachers struggleDespite significant resources
allocated to integrating technology in the classroom, many teachers
have struggled with disruptions that devices can bring, had their work
negatively impacted or have not used technologies effectively. And many
pre-service teachers perceive introducing new technologies as a future teaching barrier.

Here are ten reasons teachers can struggle to use new technologies in the classroom.Read more... Source: Phys.Org

Contact me

About Me

Hello, my name is Helge Scherlund and I am the Education Editor and Online Educator of this personal weblog and the founder of eLearning • Computer-Mediated Communication Center.
I have an education in the teaching adults and adult learning from Roskilde University, with Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and Human Resource Development (HRD) as specially studied subjects. I am the author of several articles and publications about the use of decision support tools, e-learning and computer-mediated communication. I am a member of The Danish Mathematical Society (DMF), The Danish Society for Theoretical Statistics (DSTS) and an individual member of the European Mathematical Society (EMS). Note: Comments published here are purely my own and do not reflect those of my current or future employers or other organizations.